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<taxonomicName LSID="urn:lsid:zoobank.org:act:BA9C2F69-2835-4D9B-96E8-E34FAD673B87" class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta fawcetti" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fawcetti">Tayshaneta fawcetti</taxonomicName>
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Figs 2B19
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53C60
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Leptoneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Leptoneta valverdae" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="valverdae">Leptoneta valverdae</taxonomicName>
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<bibRefCitation author="Gertsch, WJ" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Arachnology" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="145 - 203" title="The spider family Leptonetidae in North America." volume="1" year="1974">Gertsch 1974</bibRefCitation>
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: 174.
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</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta valverdae" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="valverdae">Tayshaneta valverdae</taxonomicName>
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(Gertsch, 1974):
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<bibRefCitation author="Ledford, JM" journalOrPublisher="Invertebrate Systematics" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="334 - 388" title="Systematics and evolution of the spider genus Neoleptoneta (Araneae: Leptonetidae) with a discussion of the morphology and relationships for the North American Leptonetidae." url="doi: 10.1071/IS11014" volume="25" year="2011">Ledford et al. 2011</bibRefCitation>
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.
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</paragraph>
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<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="type data">
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Type data.</paragraph>
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Male holotype from
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Fawcett’s">Fawcett's</normalizedToken>
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Cave,
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Devil’s">Devil's</normalizedToken>
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River State Natural Area, Val Verde County, Texas, 10-November-2009, J. Ledford, J. Kennedy, M. Sanders, T. Garot, K. Wardlaw,
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="29.9">29.90N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="-100.91">100.91W</geoCoordinate>
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, (CASC).
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<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="etymology">
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Etymology.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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The species name is taken in apposition to the type locality and honors the Fawcett family, who owned
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Fawcett’s">Fawcett's</normalizedToken>
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Cave and the surrounding Fawcett Ranch prior to its transition as a State Natural Area in 1988.
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<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="notes">
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Notes.</paragraph>
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Specimens from
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Cave were originally considered by
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<bibRefCitation author="Gertsch, WJ" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Arachnology" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="145 - 203" title="The spider family Leptonetidae in North America." volume="1" year="1974">Gertsch (1974)</bibRefCitation>
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as conspecific with
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based on similarities in somatic morphology and geography. Male specimens from
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Cave were unknown at the time and
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<bibRefCitation author="Gertsch, WJ" journalOrPublisher="Journal of Arachnology" pageId="39" pageNumber="40" pagination="145 - 203" title="The spider family Leptonetidae in North America." volume="1" year="1974">Gertsch (1974)</bibRefCitation>
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could not evaluate their genitalic morphology. Recent work at
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Fawcett’s">Fawcett's</normalizedToken>
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Cave has recovered a series of male and female specimens which are morphologically distinct from
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta valverdae" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="valverdae">Tayshaneta valverdae</taxonomicName>
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and appear to not be closely related to other species-groups within
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tayshaneta</taxonomicName>
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(Figs 4-7).
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Other material examined.</paragraph>
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USA: Texas: Val Verde County:
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Cave, 8mi. W. of Loma Alta, 25-March-1961, M. Tandy,
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="29.9">29.90N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="-100.91">100.91W</geoCoordinate>
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, 2 juvs, (AMNH);
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Fawcett’s">Fawcett's</normalizedToken>
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Cave, 6mi. N. of Del Rio, 10-April-1968, J. Reddell,
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="29.9">29.90N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="-100.91">100.91W</geoCoordinate>
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, 1 ♀, 2 juvs, (AMNH);
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Fawcett’s">Fawcett's</normalizedToken>
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Cave, 6mi. N. of Del Rio, 10-November-2009, J. Ledford, J. Kennedy, M. Sanders, T. Garot, K. Wardlaw,
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<geoCoordinate direction="north" orientation="latitude" precision="555" value="29.9">29.90N</geoCoordinate>
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,
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<geoCoordinate direction="west" orientation="longitude" precision="555" value="-100.91">100.91W</geoCoordinate>
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, 6 ♂, 12 ♀, (TMM).
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Diagnosis.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta fawcetti" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fawcetti">Tayshaneta fawcetti</taxonomicName>
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can be separated from all
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="genus">Tayshaneta</taxonomicName>
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species, except
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta emeraldae" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="emeraldae">Tayshaneta emeraldae</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta grubbsi" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grubbsi">Tayshaneta grubbsi</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta valverdae" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="valverdae">Tayshaneta valverdae</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta vidrio" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vidrio">Tayshaneta vidrio</taxonomicName>
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, by having the following combination of characters: male palpal tarsus divided apically (TS, Fig. 31D); ventral sclerite short, mesoapically positioned (VS, Fig. 40E); retrolateral sclerite present, pocket-like (RS, Fig. 40E, F). Separated from
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta fawcetti" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fawcetti">Tayshaneta fawcetti</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta grubbsi" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="grubbsi">Tayshaneta grubbsi</taxonomicName>
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,
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta valverdae" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="valverdae">Tayshaneta valverdae</taxonomicName>
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and
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta vidrio" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="vidrio">Tayshaneta vidrio</taxonomicName>
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by having a distally tapering subquadrate embolus with a distinct basal tooth (E, Fig. 40C, F).
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<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="description">
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Description.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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Male (holotype). Body length 1.56, carapace 0.67 long, 0.58 wide, length 1.15
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width. Carapace pale brown, slightly darker surrounding edges, sparsely setose; eyes reduced, ocular area depigmented (Figs 19
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<normalizedToken originalValue="A–C">A-C</normalizedToken>
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). Legs elongate and thin, femur I 1.83
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carapace length, covered in fine setae and with few scattered spines.Palpal tarsus divided apically (Fig. 31D); retrolateral tibial spine smooth at its base (RTS, Fig. 40D), length 0.38
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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tarsus width. Bulb suboval, length 1.8
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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width; embolus rectangular, with basal tooth (E, Fig. 40F), length 1.25
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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width. Ventral sclerite stout, situated mesoapically (VS, Fig. 40E), retrolateral sclerite pocket-like, weakly invaginated (RS, Figs 40E, F).Abdomen pale brown, without pattern, 0.89 long, 0.67 wide, covered in fine setae.
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Variation(n = 2). Total length 1.50-1.56; carapace length 1.15-1.2
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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carapace width; length femur I 1.72-1.83
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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carapace width.
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Female (
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Cave).Body length 1.4, carapace 0.60 long, 0.50 wide, length 1.17
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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width. Pigmentation and setation same as for male, except ocular area with a faint dark pattern enclosing the AER (Figs 19
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). Legs elongate and thin, femur I 1.6
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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carapace length, covered in fine setae and with few scattered spines.Atrium trapezoidal, length 0.73
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<normalizedToken originalValue="×">x</normalizedToken>
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width, spermathecae with short twisted stalks and elongate heads (Fig. 53C).Abdomen pale brown, without pattern, 0.80 long, 0.58 wide, covered in fine setae.
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Variation(n = 2). Total length 1.25-1.40; carapace length 1.20-1.52
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carapace width; length femur I 1.0-1.4
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carapace width.
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<caption pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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Figure 19.
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sp. n.,
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Cave, Val Verde County, Texas (CASC), habitus. A
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male, dorsal B
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male, ventral C
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male, lateral D
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female, dorsal E
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female, ventral F
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female, lateral.
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Distribution.</paragraph>
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Known only from
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Cave in the
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River State Natural Area, Val Verde County, Texas (Fig. 60).
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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<subSubSection pageId="25" pageNumber="26" type="natural history">
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">Natural History.</paragraph>
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<paragraph pageId="25" pageNumber="26">
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Individuals of
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<taxonomicName class="Arachnida" family="Leptonetidae" genus="Tayshaneta" higherTaxonomySource="CoL" kingdom="Animalia" lsidName="Tayshaneta fawcetti" order="Araneae" pageId="25" pageNumber="26" phylum="Arthropoda" rank="species" species="fawcetti">Tayshaneta fawcetti</taxonomicName>
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were photographed during a 2009 expedition to
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<normalizedToken originalValue="Fawcett’s">Fawcett's</normalizedToken>
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Cave (Fig. 2B) where they were observed to make fine sheet webs similar to other leptonetid spiders. Male and female pairs were often found in the same web and the egg-sacs were suspended near the web margins. Most specimens were found at the base of the
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<normalizedToken originalValue="cave’s">cave's</normalizedToken>
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vertical entrance in twilight under loose rocks and breakdown material.
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</paragraph>
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</subSubSection>
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</treatment>
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